Because Confidence Starts with Knowing
Practical advice, honest conversations, and evidence-informed guidance to help you feel informed, confident, and ready for every stage of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
Every pregnancy, birth, and parenting journey comes with questions. Some you expect, and many you don't.
These blogs have been created to provide practical, evidence-informed information you can trust, whether you're looking for reassurance, preparing for what's ahead, or simply wanting to better understand your options. My goal is to help you feel informed, confident, and supported through every stage of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
If you're looking for something specific, you'll find a search bar at the bottom of this page. Simply enter a keyword or topic, and you'll be taken straight to the articles most relevant to your question.
I hope you find something here that gives you a little more clarity, confidence, and peace of mind.
Understanding Phantom Pregnancy: When the Body Believes, but There's No Baby
Some of us will have had moments where we thought we were pregnant when we actually weren’t. Maybe your period was a few days late, and you just had “that feeling” that pregnancy was underway. You may have even had some signs of early pregnancy, such as nausea or sore breasts.
Usually, though, your suspicions (or hopes) are easily answered by the coming of your period or a negative pregnancy test. This sort of thing is common for most women to experience a few times in their childbearing years: a hunch that they are pregnant—and maybe even a few light pregnancy symptoms—only to find out it wasn’t true.
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